According to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the “Best Picture” of 1977 is Woody Allen’s Annie Hall. That’s nuts. No one cares about that movie. Only two movies made in 1977 still ...
Forty-five years ago, Cora the elephant shared screen time with movie star Burt Reynolds in the popular film, "Smokey and the Bandit II." Fans of that movie — including Reynolds' niece, Nancy Lee Hess ...
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - 18 years ago, fans of the film Smokey and the Bandit met to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the film and to re-enact the drive that Smokey took from Texarkana to Atlanta, ...
Watching Smokey and the Bandit all these years after its release is an exercise in cultural anthropology. Even more so than other films of its time, this 1977 car-chase comedy drops markers about its ...
Over the decades, HOT ROD magazine and its satellite publications have scored some major interviews, and in 2007, it was our good fortune to have editor Tom DeMauro at the helm ofHigh Performance ...
"Smokey and the Bandit" was Hal Needham's directorial debut, but he had been a working movie stuntman for years prior and was a Hollywood veteran already. He was also friends with Burt Reynolds, whose ...
Alabama folks love “Smokey and the Bandit,” and country star Riley Green is no exception. Green, born and raised in Jacksonville, pays tribute to the 1977 hit movie in a new video announcing his 2025 ...
MOUNT PLEASANT, Texas (KLTV) - Fans of the film “Smokey and the Bandit” might want to head to Mount Pleasant on Saturday for the Trans Am Takeover. It’s all to raise money for local charities. And ...